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Sun 3/80's and 4 meg SIMM's

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:58
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I bought myself a Sun 3/80 yesterday (thanks Buzz!), and it's fitted with 8
meg of RAM in the form of 1 meg SIMM's. I've read about people fitting 4 meg
SIMM's in their 3/80 in place of the 1 meg ones to bring the RAM capacity up
to 32 meg.

The date on my system is May 1989, so it's bootrom (a 27010 1 Meg 32 pin ROM)
is probably one of the early ones which perhaps may not support 4 meg SIMM's.

Can someone tell me:

 - if 4 meg SIMM's can be used in the 3/80, and if so,

 - which bootrom revision I need to enable the 3/80 to support and use them?

I'm sure I can get by for now with 8 meg of RAM, but if and when 4 meg SIMM's
start becoming cheaper (as the 16 meg ones get more and more common) I'd like
to drop some into the 3/80 and use the 8 meg of 1 meg SIMM's to bring my 3/60
up to 16 meg in total.

Thanks in advance,

Craig.

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From: craig@orb.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick)
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Subject: Sun 3/80's and 4 meg SIMM's
Date: 19 Nov 1994 07:58:47 +1100
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